List of compositions by Giacinto Scelsi

Below is a list of compositions by Italian composer Giacinto Scelsi (1905-1988). An asterisk (*) indicates that the piece has appeared on recording in the United States.

First period (1929-1948)

*Chemin du coeur (for violin and piano) - 1929;
*Rotative (Symphonic poem for three pianos, winds and percussion) - 1929;
**(version for 2 pianos and percussion) - 1938;
*40 Preludes (for piano) - 1930-40;
*6 Pieces from "Paralipomeni" (for piano) 1930-40;
*Dialogo (for cello and piano) - 1932;
*Sinfonietta (for orchestra) - 1932;
*Tre canti di primavera (for voice and piano) - 1933;
*L'amour et le crane (for voice and piano) - 1933;
*Tre canti (for voice and piano) - 1933;
*Suite No. 2 (for piano) - 1934;
*Toccata (for piano) - 1934;
*Poems (for piano) - 1934/39*;
*Sonata (for violin and piano) - 1934;
*Concertino (for piano and orchestra) - 1934;
*Trio No. 1 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1936;
*Preludio, Ariosa e Fuga (for orchestra) - 1936;
*Suite No. 5 (for piano) - unknown;
*Suite No. 6 "I Capricci di Ty" (for piano) - 1938/39;
*Hispania (Triptych for piano) - 1939;
*Sonata No. 1 (for piano) - unknown;
*Sonata No. 2 (for piano) - 1939;
*Sonata No. 3 (for piano) - 1939;
*Sonata No. 4 (for piano) - unknown;
*Trio No. 2 (for violin, cello and piano) - 1939;
*Variations (for piano) - 1940;
*Variations and Fugue (for piano) - 1941;
*Ballata (for cello and piano) - 1943;
*String Quartet No. 1 - 1944*;
**(version for string orchestra) - 1962;
*Introduction and Fugue (for string orchestra) - 1945;
*La Nascita del Verbo (Cantata for mixed chorus and orchestra) - 1948

econd period (1952-1959)

*Suite No. 8 "Bot-Ba: Evocation of Tibet with its monasteries on high mountain summits: Tibetan rituals, prayers and dances" (for piano) - 1952*;
*Quattro Illustrazioni "Four illustrations of the metamorphoses of Vishnu" (for piano) - 1953*;
*Cinque incantesimi (for piano) - 1953*;
*Suite No. 9 "Ttai: A succession of episodes which alternatively express time - or more precisely, time in motion and man as symbolized by cathedrals or monasteries, with the sound of the sacred 'Om'" (for piano) - 1953*;
*Piccola suite (for flute and clarinet) - 1953;
*Suite No. 10 "Ka: The word 'ka' has many meanings, but the principle one is 'essence'" (for piano) - 1954*;
*Pwyll (for flute) - 1954*;
*Three studies (for Eb clarinet) - 1954;
*Preghiera per un ombra (for Bb clarinet) - 1954;
*Divertimento No. 2 (for violin) - 1954;
*Yamaon (for bass voice and alto sax, baritone sax, contrabassoon, double bass, percussion) - 1954-58;
*Action Music (for piano) - 1955;
*Divertimento No. 3 (for violin) - 1955*;
*Divertimento No. 4 (for violin) - 1955;
*Coelocanth (for viola) - 1955*;
*Hyxos (for alto flute in G, 2 gongs and cow-bell) - 1955;
*Suite No. 11 (for piano) - 1956;
*Four Pieces (for trumpet) - 1956*;
*Three Pieces (for saxophone or bass trombone) - 1956*;
*Four Pieces (for horn in F) - 1956;
*Ixor (for reed; Bb clarinet, oboe) - 1956*;
*Divertimento No. 5 (for violin) - 1956;
*Three Studies (for viola) - 1956;
*Three Pieces (for trombone) - 1957*;
*Trilogy "Triphon, Dithome, Ygghur" (for cello) - 1957-61/65*;
*Rucke di guck (for piccolo and oboe) - 1957;
*String Trio - 1958*;
*I presagi [The Forebodings] (for 10 instruments, brass and percussion) - 1958;
*Tre canti popolari (for 4-voice mixed choir) - 1958;
*Tre canti sacri (for 8-voice mixed choir) - 1958*;
*Kya (for Bb clarinet solo, and seven instruments) - 1959*;
*Quattro pezzi su una nota sola [Four pieces each on a single note] (for chamber orchestra) - 1959*

Third period (1960-1969)

*Ho "Four Songs" (for soprano voice) - 1960;
*Wo-Ma (for bass voice) - 1960;
*Hurqualia "A Different Realm" (for large orchestra, with amplified instruments) - 1960*;
*String Quartet No. 2 - 1961*;
*Aion "Four Episodes in one Day of Brahma" (for orchestra) - 1961*;
*Taiagaru "Five Invocations" (for soprano voice) - 1962;
*Riti "Ritual March" (version for Achilles, for four percussionists) - 1962;
**(version for Alexander, for tuba, double bass, contrabassoon, electric organ & percussion) - 1962;
**(version for Carl the Great, for cello and 2 percussionists) - 1967;
*Khoom "Seven episodes of an unwritten tale of love and death in a distant land" (for soprano voice, horn, string quartet & percussion) - 1962*;
*20 Canti del Capricorno (for soprano) - 1962-72*;
*String Quartet No. 3 - 1963*;
*Hymnos (for large orchestra) - 1963*;
*Chukrum (for string orchestra) - 1963*;
*Xnoybis "The ability of energy to ascend to the spirit" (for violin) - 1964*;
*String Quartet No. 4 - 1964*;
*Yliam (for female choir) - 1964;
*Duo (for violin and cello) - 1965*;
**(version for violin and double bass) - 1977;
*Anahit "Lyric Poem on the name of Venus" (for violin and 18 instruments) - 1965*;
*Anagamin "The one who is faced with a choice between going back and refusing to" (for 12 strings) - 1965;
*Ko-Lho (for flute and clarinet) - 1966*;
*Elegia per Ty (for viola and cello) - 1958/66*;
*Ohoi "The Creative Principles" (for 16 strings) - 1966;
*Uaxuctum "The Legend of the Maya City which destroyed itself for religious reasons" (for 4 vocal soloists, ondes martenot solo, mixed choir and orchestra) - 1966*;
*Ko-Tha "Three Dances of Shiva" (for guitar) - 1967;
**(version for double bass) - 1972;
**(version for six-string cello) - 1978*;
*Manto I, II, III (for viola and female voice) - 1967;
*Ckckc (for soprano voice and mandolin) - 1967;
*Natura renovatur (for 11 strings) - 1967;
*Tkrdg (for 6-voice male choir, electric guitar and percussion) - 1968;
*Okanagon "Okanagon is like a rite, or if you will, like grasping the heartbeat of the Earth" (for harp, tamtam & double bass) - 1968*;
*Konx-Om-Pax "Three aspects of sound: as the first motion of the immovable, as creative force, as the syllable 'om'" (for mixed choir, and orchestra) - 1969*;

Fourth period (1970-1985)

*Il est grand temps (for voice) - 1970;
*Meme si je voyais (for voice) - 1970;
*Three Latin Prayers (for voice) - 1970*;
*Antifona "on the name of Jesus" (for male choir) - 1970*;
*Nuits (2 pieces; for double bass) - 1972*;
*Pranam I "In memory of the tragic losses of Jani and Sia Christou" (for soprano voice, 12 instruments & tape) - 1972;
*L'ame ailee (for violin) - 1973*;
*L'ame ouverte (for violin) - 1973*;
*Arc-en-ciel (for two violins) - 1973*;
*Sauh I & II (for two female voices) - 1973;
*Sauh III & IV (for four female voices) - 1973;
*Pranam II (for nine instruments) - 1973*;
*Voyages (2 pieces; for cello) - 1974*;
*Et maintenant c'est a vous de jouer (for cello and double bass) - 1974;
*Kshara (for two double basses) - unknown;
*To the master "Two improvisations" (for cello and piano) - 1974;
*Manto "per quattro" (for voice, flute, trombone and cello) - 1974;
*In Nomine Lucis (2 pieces; for electric organ) - 1974*;
*Aitsi (for electronically prepared piano) - 1974*;
**(version as String Quartet No. 5) - 1985*;
*Le réveil profond (for double bass) 1977;
*Pfhat "A flash... and the sky opened!" (for mixed choir and large orchestra) - 1974*;
*Maknongan (for low-voice instrument: double bass, contrabassoon, etc) - 1976*;"